Paul Allen, cofounder of Microsoft, on of Fortune’s top 50 riches people, and lymphoma survivor, is taking some of Microsoft’s biggest competitors to court over alleged patent violations. According to E-Week, “Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has filed patent-infringement suits against Apple, Google and nine other companies. The patents apparently cover technologies related to e-commerce and [...]
Microsoft Co-Founder Sues Search Engines, Social Networks
August 28th, 2010Microsoft to Allow 3rd Party Apps into Silverlight Bing Maps
June 6th, 2010If you haven’t begun to target local search and maps for your SEO efforts, now is the time to start. Google Indexing is about more than just plain search results now – there are so many opportunities with local search! This is being outlined neatly my Microsoft, which is being very innovative at the moment [...]
Is AOL Circling the Drain?
June 4th, 2010Is AOL Selling Out at Long Last? And if so – to Whom? Rumour has it that AOL, despite massive changes over the past year, is frantically trying to unload themselves pending the end of their search deal with Google. According to the WSJ: AOL Inc. Chief Executive Tim Armstrong said his struggling Internet company [...]
Microsoft to get Android Royalties
April 28th, 2010According to the Microsoft News Center: Microsoft Corp. and HTC Corp. have signed a patent agreement that provides broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio for HTC’s mobile phones running the Android mobile platform. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will receive royalties from HTC. The agreement expands HTC’s long-standing business relationship with Microsoft. “HTC [...]
UK Warns Against IE Use
January 26th, 2010The UK is warning people about yet another vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer in the wake of the Chinese GoogleHack which was traced to a crack in IE security: “All web browsers are at ongoing risk to vulnerabilities and as such Get Safe Online’s recommended advice is always to use the most up-to-date version to [...]